Politics

Ain’t That America… Ain’t That America…

"Real America" is nothing more than a state of mind.

May 20, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman

Stories and Legends

Stories and Legends Stories and Legends

How Barack Obama has fashioned a personal and political identity by treating the history of the civil rights movement as a usable past.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue

Dems Fail to Curtail Bank Reform Debate

Dems Fail to Curtail Bank Reform Debate Dems Fail to Curtail Bank Reform Debate

Harry Reid tried to shut down the debate on financial services reform. Republicans and responsible Democrats blocked the move. They were right to do so.

May 20, 2010 / John Nichols

Conyers Forms Congressional ‘Out of Afghanistan’ Caucus Conyers Forms Congressional ‘Out of Afghanistan’ Caucus

Representative John Conyers, frustrated by Congress's inaction towards the Afghanistan War, is forming a new caucus to focus Congressional opposition to the continuing conflict.

May 19, 2010 / Tom Hayden

Home Run for Big Oil Home Run for Big Oil

Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes appears on Countdown with Keith Olbermann to discuss Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's blatant attempts to defend big oil and his shortcomings in regu...

May 19, 2010 / Press Room

Home Run for Big Oil Home Run for Big Oil

Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes appears on Countdown with Keith Olbermann to discuss Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's blatant attempts to defend big oil and his shortcomings in regula...

May 19, 2010 / Countdown

Halter, Lincoln Keep on Runnin’

Halter, Lincoln Keep on Runnin’ Halter, Lincoln Keep on Runnin’

Bill Halter did better than expected in last night's Arkansas primary. Now he needs to add some meat to his message.

May 19, 2010 / Ari Berman

Who’s Afraid of Rand Paul?

Who’s Afraid of Rand Paul? Who’s Afraid of Rand Paul?

Count me as one lefty liberal who is not the least bit unhappy with Rand Paul's victory in Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary.

May 19, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Labor’s Primary Victories Labor’s Primary Victories

Watch Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Democracy Now! discussing the anti-incumbent mood in the country.

May 19, 2010 / Press Room

Labor’s Primary Victories Labor’s Primary Victories

Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on a panel to discuss the anti-incumbency mood in Congress that has unseated corporate interests over the interests of working people.

May 19, 2010 / Democracy Now!

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